Champion jockey achieves 3,999th success at Chepstow and has two rides for his employers at Towcester

Tony McCoy has said all along that he wants his 4,000th winner to be trained
by Jonjo O’Neill and owned by J.P. McManus. The stage, then, is set
perfectly for him at Towcester today when, one winner short of his milestone
victory, his two scheduled rides will be for the men who have been pillars
in his career for the past decade.

McCoy is quoted at evens by William Hill to reach his landmark success this
afternoon, one that is without parallel in the sport. His family and friends
will be among what is likely to be a bulging crowd